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Mysterious Bright Light Seen From Las Vegas to Ventura Was Russian Rocket Body: U.S. Strategic Com
ktla ^ | 12/23/2015 | NIdia Beccera, Ashley Soley-Cerro and Mary Beth McDade

Posted on 12/23/2015 11:58:42 AM PST by BenLurkin

The light was first reported by dozens of witnesses shortly after 6 p.m. Hours later, around 9:30 p.m., officials said it was a Russian rocket body.

"U.S. Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space (JFCC Space), through the Joint Space Operations Center (JSpOC), removed a Russian SL-4 rocket body from the U.S. satellite catalog as a decayed object after it re-entered the atmosphere today over North America (vicinity Arizona)," around 6:08 p.m. PST, said Deputy Public Affairs Officer Julie Ziegenhorn.

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While the event seemed similar to one on Nov. 7, when an unannounced missile-test fired by the U.S. Navy prompted hundreds of people to swarm the Internet after another bright light lit up the sky in Southern California, officials confirmed it was unrelated.

(Excerpt) Read more at ktla.com ...


TOPICS: Astronomy
KEYWORDS: ashleysoleycerro; lasvegas; marybethmcdade; nevada; nidiabeccera; russia; ventura
And here I thought it was Steve Harvey's career going down in flames.
1 posted on 12/23/2015 11:58:42 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

That wan’t limited to the territory between Ventura and LV.


2 posted on 12/23/2015 12:00:13 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: BenLurkin

Was ventura in LV picking a fight with another navy seal?

He doesn’t do well with those then sissies out and sues


3 posted on 12/23/2015 12:03:53 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: Blood of Tyrants
Space junk tracker, developed by Lockheed Martin. It irks me, that we have the ability to be the BEST in space... and we have to use Russian engines to get there. :(


4 posted on 12/23/2015 12:04:20 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: Daffynition

Looks like the picture of the earth in WAL-E.


5 posted on 12/23/2015 12:08:44 PM PST by Blood of Tyrants (There's a right to gay marriage in the Constitution but there is no right of an unborn baby to life.)
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To: Daffynition
Didn't you know NASA is for muslim outreach...

America has wasted money on space and defense that should have been used to help people !!!

We need to scrap all of our nuclear weapons to show the world that we mean them no harm, and to teach you, you, white, heterosexual, male, patriot types that you are not in charge anymore

You are such an American

do I really need the sarcasm tag?

6 posted on 12/23/2015 12:11:59 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: BenLurkin

Just a coincidence I guess, maybe next time it will be a Russian ICBM gone astray.


7 posted on 12/23/2015 12:27:06 PM PST by pleasenotcalifornia
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To: Ouderkirk
PJ explains:

Why Does the USA Depend on Russian Rockets to Get Us Into Space?

8 posted on 12/23/2015 12:53:19 PM PST by Daffynition (*Gun control is a tool to make innocents pay the price for the guilty* W.LaPierre)
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To: BenLurkin

It’s just KGB/FSB Putin’s way of wishing all Americans a Merry Christmas, and a wait til you see what we do in the next few years message.


9 posted on 12/23/2015 1:04:50 PM PST by ETL (Ted Cruz 2016!! -- For a better, safer America)
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To: Daffynition

It has gotten to the point where whatever insult the comes our way from the White Hut and the mediots, I can’t care anymore.

This used to be the greatest nation on earth, and in 7 years it is starting to look like Zimbabwe with ZANU PF running the country into the ground. I fully expect that whites will begin to be driven off their land and out of their houses by black mobs who will kill the owners and occupy the property while Onambla applauds.


10 posted on 12/23/2015 2:35:12 PM PST by Ouderkirk (To the left, everything must evidence that this or that strand of leftist theory is true)
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To: Ouderkirk

Cold dead hands. Cold dead hands....then they can occupy.....but not before I take a few with me


11 posted on 12/23/2015 4:18:37 PM PST by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: brytlea; cripplecreek; decimon; bigheadfred; KoRn; Grammy; steelyourfaith; Mmogamer; dayglored; ...
Thanks BenLurkin, extra to APoD.

12 posted on 12/24/2015 1:32:09 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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